forever
1. for a limitless time (Freq. 14) - no one can live forever - "brightly beams our Father's mercy from his lighthouse evermore"- P.P.Bliss • Syn: everlastingly, eternally, evermore • Derived from adjective: eternal (for: eternally), everlasting (for: everlastingly) 2. for a very long or seemingly endless time (Freq. 2) - she took forever to write the paper - we had to wait forever and a day • Syn: forever and a day • Usage Domain: colloquialism 3. without interruption (Freq. 2) - the world is constantly changing • Syn: constantly, always, perpetually, incessantly • Derived from adjective: incessant (for: incessantly), perpetual (for: perpetually), constant (for: constantly)
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